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Filmotechnic Canada is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of a comprehensive line of camera support equipment. Our equipment has a proven history of use on Film Sets, in Broadcast Production and Sporting Events worldwide.

We have brought some of Filmotechnic’s most famous camera support equipment to Toronto and serve all of Canada and the Eastern United States.

We at Filmotechnic Canada are very proud to offer Filmotechnic’s world class camera support equipment to the world class film production centre of Toronto, Canada. We now design and build our own rain deflector called the FCL Zero RD. We also design and build our own 2 Axi Dampers for Techno, Movie Bird and Scorpio Telescopic cranes.

Winner of two Sci-Tech Academy Awards for technical achievement:

Anatoliy Kokush for the concept and development of the Cascade Series of motion picture cranes including the Traveling Cascade Crane, 2005.

Filmotechnic Canada was founded in 2007 by Oleksiy Zolotarov and Mark Cabiddu.

Oleksiy ZolotarovPresident

Oleksiy is an accomplished Director of Photography and Camera Operator from Kiev Ukraine. In 1986, along with Anatoliy Kokush and Yuriy Popovsky, he co-designed the Russian Arm System and has been an integral part in its success due to his life-long devotion to its constant development. He has operated the Russian Arm in almost every shooting environment and application imaginable in many countries across the globe. Oleksiy has also been instrumental in the design of the Flight Head Series, 2 Axis Damper, Remote Dolly and the ZERO RD. Oleksiy is a 2005 Sci-tech Academy Awards Winner.

Mark CabidduVice-President

Mark has many years experience with camera support equipment in Toronto’s Film Industry, designing his first camera car crane platform at the age of 25 in Rome, Italy. In 2006 he designed and built the ML55 Chase Car. Mark heads the Rental Department of the company.

Filmotechnic Ukraine

Filmotechnic was founded in 1990 by Sci-tech Academy Awards Winner Anatoliy Kokush in Kiev Ukraine. Anatoliy has a longstanding reputation as a pioneer in Motion Picture Camera Support Engineering Research and Development.

Filmotechnic is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of a comprehensive line of camera support equipment. Our equipment has a proven history of use on Film Sets, Television Productions and Sporting Events worldwide. Filmotechnic equipment holds numerous international patents and inventor’s certificates. We are very proud of its highly qualified personnel that specialize in various disciplines of science and engineering. Our company would not be where it is today with out their dedication to pushing the envelope to meet the demands of today’s ever evolving Film and Television industries.

Filmotechnic Kiev remains the world headquarters for an ever expanding company with branches in Russia, Canada, USA, England, Netherlands, France, Italy, South Africa and United Arab Emirates. Filmotechnic also has various equipment in Argentina and Japan.